Jesus Heals an Army Officer's Servant
(Matthew 8.5-13John 4.43-54)1 After Jesus had finished teaching the people, he went to Capernaum. 2 In this town an army officer's servant was sick and about to die. The officer liked his servant very much. 3 And when he heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish leaders to ask him to come and heal the servant.
4 The leaders went to Jesus and begged him to do something. They said, “This man deserves your help! 5 He loves our nation and even built us a synagogue.” 6 So Jesus went with them.
When Jesus wasn't far from the house, the officer sent some friends to tell him, “Lord, don't go to any trouble for me! I am not good enough for you to come into my house. 7 And I am certainly not worthy to come to you. Just say the word, and my servant will get well. 8 I have officers who give orders to me, and I have soldiers who take orders from me. I can say to one of them, ‘Go!’ and he goes. I can say to another, ‘Come!’ and he comes. I can say to my servant, ‘Do this!’ and he will do it.”
9 When Jesus heard this, he was so surprised that he turned and said to the crowd following him, “In all of Israel I've never found anyone with this much faith!”
10 The officer's friends returned and found the servant well.
A Widow's Son
11 Soon Jesus and his disciples were on their way to the town of Nain, and a big crowd was going along with them. 12 As they came near the gate of the town, they saw people carrying out the body of a widow's only son. Many people from the town were walking along with her.
13 When the Lord saw the woman, he felt sorry for her and said, “Don't cry!”
14 Jesus went over and touched the stretcher on which the people were carrying the dead boy. They stopped, and Jesus said, “Young man, get up!” 15 The boy sat up and began to speak. Jesus then gave him back to his mother.
16 Everyone was frightened and praised God. They said, “A great prophet is here with us! God has come to his people.”
17 News about Jesus spread all over Judea and everywhere else in that part of the country.
John the Baptist
(Matthew 11.1-19)18-19 John's followers told John everything that was being said about Jesus. So he sent two of them to ask the Lord, “Are you the one we should be looking for? Or must we wait for someone else?”
20 When these messengers came to Jesus, they said, “John the Baptist sent us to ask, ‘Are you the one we should be looking for? Or are we supposed to wait for someone else?’ ”
21 At that time Jesus was healing many people who were sick or in pain or were troubled by evil spirits, and he was giving sight to a lot of blind people. 22 Jesus said to the messengers sent by John, “Go and tell John what you have seen and heard. Blind people are now able to see, and the lame can walk. People who have leprosy are being healed, and the deaf can now hear. The dead are raised to life, and the poor are hearing the good news. 23 God will bless everyone who doesn't reject me because of what I do.”
24 After John's messengers had gone, Jesus began speaking to the crowds about John:
What kind of person did you go out to the desert to see? Was he like tall grass blown about by the wind? 25 What kind of man did you really go out to see? Was he someone dressed in fine clothes? People who wear expensive clothes and live in luxury are in the king's palace. 26 What then did you go out to see? Was he a prophet? He certainly was! I tell you that he was more than a prophet. 27 In the Scriptures, God calls John his messenger and says, “I am sending my messenger ahead of you to get things ready for you.” 28 No one ever born on this earth is greater than John. But whoever is least important in God's kingdom is greater than John.
29 Everyone had been listening to John. Even the tax collectors had obeyed God and had done what was right by letting John baptize them. 30 But the Pharisees and the experts in the Law of Moses refused to obey God and be baptized by John.
31 Jesus went on to say:
What are you people like? What kind of people are you? 32 You are like children sitting in the market and shouting to each other,
“We played the flute,
but you would not dance!
We sang a funeral song,
but you would not cry!”
33 John the Baptist did not go around eating and drinking, and you said, “John has a demon in him!” 34 But because the Son of Man goes around eating and drinking, you say, “Jesus eats and drinks too much! He is even a friend of tax collectors and sinners.” 35 Yet Wisdom is shown to be right by what its followers do.
Simon the Pharisee
36 A Pharisee invited Jesus to have dinner with him. So Jesus went to the Pharisee's home and got ready to eat.
37 When a sinful woman in that town found out that Jesus was there, she bought an expensive bottle of perfume. 38 Then she came and stood behind Jesus. She cried and started washing his feet with her tears and drying them with her hair. The woman kissed his feet and poured the perfume on them.
39 The Pharisee who had invited Jesus saw this and said to himself, “If this man really were a prophet, he would know what kind of woman is touching him! He would know that she is a sinner.”
40 Jesus said to the Pharisee, “Simon, I have something to say to you.”
“Teacher, what is it?” Simon replied.
41 Jesus told him, “Two people were in debt to a moneylender. One of them owed him 500 silver coins, and the other owed him 50. 42 Since neither of them could pay him back, the moneylender said that they didn't have to pay him anything. Which one of them will like him more?”
43 Simon answered, “I suppose it would be the one who had owed more and didn't have to pay it back.”
“You are right,” Jesus said.
44 He turned toward the woman and said to Simon, “Have you noticed this woman? When I came into your home, you didn't give me any water so I could wash my feet. But she has washed my feet with her tears and dried them with her hair. 45 You didn't greet me with a kiss, but from the time I came in, she has not stopped kissing my feet. 46 You didn't even pour olive oil on my head, but she has poured expensive perfume on my feet. 47 So I tell you that all her sins are forgiven, and that is why she has shown great love. But anyone who has been forgiven for only a little will show only a little love.”
48 Then Jesus said to the woman, “Your sins are forgiven.”
49 Some other guests started saying to one another, “Who is this who dares to forgive sins?”
50 But Jesus told the woman, “Because of your faith, you are now saved. May God give you peace!”
VII.
K. Jezus padora vasalu vērsinīka kolpu.
1 Nūbeidzis vysas sovas runas tim ļaudim, kas klausejōs, Jys aizgōja uz Kafarnaumu. 2 Vīna vērsinīka kolps, kas jam beja dorgs, gulēja nōveigi slyms. 3 Izdzērdis par Jezu, jys aizsyuteja pi Jō jūdu vacōkūs un lyka lyugt, lai Jys atītu un padareitu vasalu jō kolpu. 4 Tī, atgōjuši pi Jezus, lyudze saceidami: Jys ir peļnejis, ka Tu jam tū izdareitu, 5 jys tadei mīļoj myusu tautu un mums izbyuvēja synagogu.
6 Jezus aizgōja tim leidza. Bet, kad beja jau natōli nu sātas, vērsinīks lyka caur draugim pasaceit: Kungs, nasapyulej, jo es naasmu cīneigs, ka Tu ītu zam muna jumta. 7 Es tadei sevis naturēju par cīneigu īt pi Tevis. Bet soki tikai vōrdu, un muns kolps byus vasals. 8 Tadei ari es asmu cylvāks vērseibai padūts, un maņ padūti ir karaveiri; un jo vīnam soku: Ej, tad jys nūīt; ūtram: Ej šur, un jys atīt; munam kolpam: Padori tū, un jys padora.
9 Dzērdādams tū, Jezus nu jō breinōjōs, un, atsagrīzis uz ļaudim, kas Jam gōja pakaļ, saceja: (Patīši), Es jums soku: Tik lelas ticeibas Izraelī Es nikod nabeju atradis!
10 Un tī, kas beja syuteiti, atsagrīzuši atpakaļ uz sātu, atroda kolpu, (kurs beja slyms), jau vasalu.
K. Jezus pīceļ nu myrūnim jaunēkli.
11 Vēļōk, kad Jys laidēs īt uz mīstu Naim vōrdā, Jam pakaļ gōja daudz mōcekļu un lels ļaužu pulks. 12 Kad tyvōjōs pi mīsta, raug, nese ōrā myrūni, vīneigū mōtei dālu, kura beja atraitne. Nu mīsta gōja jai leidza lels ļaužu pulks. 13 Īraudzejis jū, Kungs apsažālōja par jū un saceja: Naraudi! 14 Tad, pīgōjis klōt, pīsaskōre pi myrūņa; tī, kas jū nese, nūstōja. Pēc tam Jys saceja: Jaunēkli, Es tev pavēļu: celīs augšā! 15 Nūmyrušais atsasāda un sōce runōt. Un Jys atdeve jū mōtei.
16 Vysus pōrjēme baile, un jī slavēja Dīvu saceidami: Myusu vydā ir cēlīs lels pravīts; Dīvs apraudzeja sovu tautu. 17 Ziņa par Jū izaplateja pa vysu jūdu zemi un pa vysu apkōrtni.
Jōņa mōcekli pi K. Jezus.
18 Vysu tū jō mōcekli pastōsteja ari Jōņam. Tad Jōņs pasauce pi sevis divejus sovus mōcekļus 19 un nūsyuteja jūs pi Kunga, lai pavaicōtu: Vai Tu esi Tys, kam ir jōatīt, vai mums jōgaida cyts? 20 Atgōjuši pi Jō, tī cylvāki saceja: Jōņs Kristeitōjs myusus syuteja pi Tevis saceidams: Vai Tu esi Tys, kam jōatīt, vai mums jōgaida cyts?
21 Tamā laikā īpaši Jys daudzejūs padareja vasalus nu slimeibom, cīsšonom, nu ļaunim gorim un daudzim oklajim dōvynōja redzēšonu. 22 Tōdēļ tad atsasauce un jim saceja: Aizgōjuši pastōstit Jōņam, kū redzējot un dzērdejot: oklī redz, klibī staigoj, špitaleigī palīk teiri, kūrlī dzērd, nūmyrušī ceļās augšan, nabogim teik sludynōts Evangelijs, 23 un svēteigs ir tys, kas nu Manis naīsaļaunoj.
24 Kad Jōņa syuteitī aizgōja prūjom, Jys ļaudim sōce runōt par Jōni: Kō apskateitu jyus izgōjot tuksnesī? Vai nīdres, kū vējs lūka? 25 Bet kō apskateitu jyus izgōjot? Vai meikstōs drēbēs tārpta cylvāka? Raug, kas bogōtōs drēbēs ir gārbti un skaisti dzeivoj, tī ir kēneņu pilīs. 26 Bet kō gon apskateitu jyus izgōjot? Pravīša?
Jā, Es jums soku, pōrōka par pravīti.
27 Par jū tadei ir raksteits:
Raug, Es syutu sovu eņgeli tova vaiga prīškā,
kas sagatavōs Tev Tovu ceļu.
28 Un Es jums soku: Nu sīvītes dzymušim navā lelōka (pravīša) par Jōni (Kristeitōju), tūmār Es jums soku: Pats mōzōkais Dīva vaļsteibā par jū ir lelōks.
K. Jezus pōrmat bezticeigim.
29 Tūlaik visi ļaudis, kas Jō klausejōs, pat ari muitinīki, pasadeve Dīva vaļai un pījēme Jōņa kristeibu, 30 bet farizeji un lykumam mōceitī, napījimdami kristeibas, nycynōja Dīva nūdūmus atteiceibā uz sevi.
31 (Kungs) runōja tōļōk: Kam lai pīleidzynoju šytōs škiras ļaudis? Kam jī ir leidzeigi? 32 Jī ir leidzeigi bārnim, kas sēd uz tērga laukuma un cyts cytam sauc: Mes spēlejam jums fleitā, bet jyus nadoncojat. Mes aizdzīdojam bādu dzīsmi, bet jyus naraužat . .
33 Atnōce Jōņs Kristeitōjs, jys ni maizes ēde, ni veina dzēre, bet jyus sokot: Jamā ir naškeists gors. 34 Atgōja Cylvāka Dāls, Jys ād un dzer, bet jyus sokot: Raug, kur cylvāks rejējs un veina dzārōjs, muitinīku un grēcinīku draugs! 35 Un šū gudreibu attaisnōja visi jūs bārni.
Marijas Magdalenas atsagrīzšona.
36 Kaids farizejs īaicynōja Jū pi sevis uz maļteiti. Jys, īgōjis farizeja mōjā, ījēme vītu. 37 Raug, sīvīte, kas mīstā beja pazeistama kai grēcineica, izzynōjuse, ka Jys cīmojās farizeja mōjā, atnese alebastra trauceņā smōrdeigu eleju 38 un, pīgōjuse nu aizmugures pi Jō kōjom, raudoja. Jei sōce ar osorom slapynōt Jō kōjas, slauceja jōs ar sovas golvas motim, bučōja Jō kōjas un svaideja ar smōrdeigū eleju.
39 Tū radzādams, farizejs, kas Jū beja īlyudzis, pats sevī saceja: Jo Jys byutu pravīts, tad Jys zynōtu, kas un kaida ir šei sīvīte, kas Jū aizskar: ka jei ir grēcineica. 40 Bet Jezus atsasauce un jam saceja: Seimaņ, Maņ ir kaut kas tev sokoms. Tys atbiļdēja: Soki, Mōceitōj! 41 Vīnam cylvākam beja divi porōdnīki: vīns jam beja porōdā pīci simti denaru, un ūtrais pīcdesmit. 42 Tai kai im nabeja nu kō atdūt, jys pīdeve obejim. Kurs tad nu jim, soki, jū vairōk mīļōs? 43 Seimaņs atbiļdēja: Maņ līkās, ka tys, kuram vairōk pīdūts. Un Jys tam atbiļdēja: Pareizi iztīsōji. 44 Tad, atsagrīzis uz sīvīti, saceja Seimaņam: Vai tu redzi šū sīvīti? Es īgōju tovā mōjā, un tu napasnēdzi kōjom yudiņa, — bet jei ar osorom aplaisteja Maņ kōjas un ar sovim motim nūslauceja. 45 Tu Manis napabučōji, bet jei kai īgōja vēļ navā pōrstōjuse Munu kōju bučōt. 46 Tu naapsvaideji ar eleju Maņ golvas, — jei ar smōrdeigū eleju apsvaideja Maņ kōjas. 47 Tōpēc Es tev soku: Jai ir atlaists daudz grāku, jo jei ļūti nūmīļōja, bet kam mozōk teik atlaists, tys mozōk mīļoj.
48 Tad jai saceja: Tovi grāki tev ir atlaisti.
49 Bet tī, kas reizē beja pi golda, sōce sovstarpeji runōtīs: Kas gon Jys ir, ka pat grākus atlaiž? 50 Tad Jys sīvītei saceja: Tova ticeiba tevi atpesteja, ej mīrā.
